King of Kings Lutheran Church

  The Commemoration Card Project created by Julia Flor , LCC Communications Intern 2021, is designed to highlight notable events in the faith life of the saints, to help us remember the people of God from centuries past, that we might imitate their faith and good works according to our calling, Augsburg Confession XXI . https://www.lutheranchurchcanada.ca/resources/commemoration-cards/

 Pastor Jan is planning to go for coffee on Monday July 27 at     Carmela’s Whisk Bakeshop + Coffeehouse Located in: Grandin Park Plaza Address : 1 Tache St, St. Albert, AB T8N 7T4 if you wish to join him he will be there when they open at 10:00am

  Rainforest Falls VBS: July 13-17, 2026 Online Registration   for children ages 4 to grade 6 Children who are 4-5 (preschool and those entering kindergarten) are in preschool VBS. Students entering grades 5-6 are considered junior helpers. Youth (those entering grade 7-12) & Adults can sign up in the volunteer section. REGISTRATION LINK

 A reminder...there will be no Sunday Worship on May 17 at King of Kings.

  Greetings Everyone! I'm not sure my duties start as of yet as your convention delegate,and thus your "resource person" to communicate resources from Synod, but I'm going to jump right in anyways! I would like to encourage  all of you  to be in church  next Sunday,  April 19th, AND stay for coffee fellowship afterwards. David Friesen,  LCC’s Director of Advancement, will be with us  share the mission and ministry of our church body, both domestically and internationally and talk about exciting plans for the expansion of our domestic missions. This is a great opportunity to learn how we are a part of this significant work as well as an opportunity to ask questions of our synodical office.  If you still have the Jan/Feb edition of The Canadian Lutheran, you can read the articles on pages 16-20 and page 35.  Please bring a treat to share! Jeanine

 Pastor Jan will be at Italian Bakery's Mercato on Tuesday April 7th at 10:00am. If anyone would like to join him, that is where you will find him. (120 Bellerose Dr.)

 Palm Sunday - March 29 at 9:00am with Holy Communion Maundy Thursday - April 2 at 7:00pm with Holy Communion Good Friday - April 3 at 10:30am The Resurrection of our Lord Sunday - April 5th at 9:00am with Holy Communion

 On Sunday March 8 Rev. Mark Dressler, principal of St. Matthew Lutheran Christian Academy thanked the congregation for their prayers and financial donation which will be used to create more learning space for students at the academy.

 Join us for Ash Wednesday service on February 18th at 7:00pm. The service will include Holy Communion Ash Wednesday begins the 40 days of Lent. Symbolically this 40 day period, not counting Sundays, parallels Christ’s 40-day retreat into the wilderness. Rightly understood, the use of ashes at the beginning of lent is an ancient and meaningful tradition, with roots going back to Bible times. Even Christ refers to ashes (Matthew 11:21 ). Until about the year 100 the wearing of sackcloth and ashes was a sign of repentance for a gross and public sin – a murder, or unfaithfulness, or armed robbery.   Lent was the time when those who were guilty of public and serious sin publicly repented. This ceremony was even more austere than the one for the catechumens.   Wearing coarse clothing, going barefoot, fasting, living in confinement (in a monastery or cave), the penitents, one by one, were led into the church, sprinkled with holy water, and touched with ashes. Then they read...

 Congregational Meeting - Sunday February 1st following worship.

  I always imagined dying a faithful death for Christ would mean burning at the stake. Now, I suspect it will mean dying in my bed of natural causes. The assisted dying movement gained momentum recently when the New York State Assembly and the UK House of Commons both passed laws paving the way for patients to die with the help of the medical community. Pending final approval, they will join nations such as Canada, The Netherlands, most of Australia, Spain, and Switzerland, as well as twelve U.S. jurisdictions. The push to legalize what is often termed “Medical Assistance in Dying” is a major sign of what philosopher Philip Rieff called “the triumph of the therapeutic”: the belief that for everything there must be a therapy, a remedy, a provision of comfort. Not only every aspect of our lives, but now even our deaths must be therapized. It is also significant that assisted dying has gained acceptance in countries where individual choice and freedom of action are valued the highest....

  The Never-Children Are His Always Children 07/02/24 One still-born baby is one baby too much for a mother. Their unrealized futures, like the Northern Lights, forever a wonder, forever beyond reach. The mother carries the child around in her mind, never abandoning the baby. Yet there is a blank space. Where is the child crying for her, looking up at her? There is only  putu , as the Inuits say, a hole. There is weeping. The earned sorrow of it. Grief sifting through mother-life and father-life. Still-born babies are never-children.  “And so, the Lord God formed man of the dust of the earth, and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man was made into a living soul” (Gen. 2:7,  trans. mine ). Our children come from the earth. From out of the earth. We don’t need to frack, God will dig them up. Every whittled cell, all the flaky platelets, and each carved limb is in his imagination before he speaks and his words dredge children into existence. But many childr...

 To the men of King of Kings Lutheran (and friends)  -  Riverbend Lutheran is starting up a men’s group.  The first meeting is at  7pm this Thursday, March 21 at RLC (495 RHATIGAN EAST RD NW) . This initial meeting is just to get together out and see who’s interested and talk about what may be of interest for future get togethers.  

 Mid-Week Lent Service - Wednesday March 13 at 7:00pm Sunday March 17 - we are moving our worship to Riverbend Lutheran Church ( 495 RHATIGAN EAST RD NW, Edmonton) for this Sunday only. Service time is 10:00am . Pastor Jan will be installed as half time associate pastor for Riverbend.

 Added to his call at King of Kings Lutheran, Pastor Jan has accepted the call to serve as associate pastor at Riverbend Lutheran. Installation service for Pastor Jan will be on SUNDAY MARCH 17 AT 10:00AM at Riverbend Lutheran Church 495 RHATIGAN EAST RD NW, Edmonton We are moving our worship service to Riverbend for that Sunday. We encourage ride sharing or reaching out to one another to offer rides to those who may not be able to drive. Coffee fellowship will follow the service.

Keep A Song In Your Heart - Devotion  Mid-Week Lent Services  "St. John Passion" each Wednesday at 7:00pm Feb. 21 "Two Interrogations"  John 18:12-27 Feb. 28 "What Kind of King Is This" John 18:28-40 March 6 "Whom Do We Follow?" John 19:1-16a March 13 "Wisdom Has a Friend on the Cross" John 19:16b-27 March 20 "Jesus Finishes the Battle for Your Salvation" John 19:28-42 Holy Week Services Maundy Thursday (Holy Communion) - March 28 - 7:00pm Good Friday - March 29 - 10:30am Pint with Pastor Jan and Jeanine: February 25 at 5:00pm (Crown and Tower Pub. 11 Bellerose dr) Installation for Pastor Jan at Riverbend will be on a Sunday in March. The exact date will be determined when we know when the congregation will be back in their building.

 Epiphnay - January 6. Happy Epiphany. Enjoy this 5 minute read - click the link below. EpiphanyAsTheOtherChristmas

 Worship time moves to 9:00am starting December 31

  December 24 - 9:30am - Fourth Sunday in Advent - Divine Service with Holy Communion December 24 - 7:00pm The Nativity of our Lord - Christmas Eve Candlelight Service December 25 - 10:30am The Nativity of our Lord - Divine Service with Holy Communion SERVICE TIME CHANGE BEGINNING DECEMBER 31 - Sunday worship moves to 9:00am starting December 31 Don't forget to check out the other pages on this blog.

  Amy Mantravadi asks if we should forgive others even if they are not repentant. Devotional Thought link